Luxury Ski Resorts

Luxury ski resorts remain high on the list for many British skiers each season, with a number of elite towns and villages in Europe and North America continuing to attract regular guests for their week on the slopes. Familiar names such as Verbier, Courchevel, St. Moritz and Aspen are synonymous with glitz and glamour for many people, and are known as much for their high-end accommodation, shops and restaurants, as for their terrain and ski slopes.

 

For those looking for a ski holiday at a luxury ski resort, it is advisable to book early and be flexible with dates of travel to secure the resort of your choice, with certain peak-season periods, such as Christmas ski holidays and New Year ski holidays remaining extremely popular and highly-sought after. A trip to a luxury ski resort can be either an annual occurrence or a true holiday of a lifetime, and, if a week at an internationally-renowned centre isn't in the budget, many ski areas are well-linked and can be visited for a day's skiing. Skiers head to their favourite luxury ski resort to revel in the chic and exclusive atmosphere, enjoy top-class restaurants and hotels, and soak up the style, glamour and prestige that these resorts are known for. Luxury ski resorts can offer the most decadent of services and extras for guests, from limo rides from the airport and helicopter transfers, to private chefs and personal ski instructors. Luxury ski resorts also include plenty of high-end off-the-slope activities too, such as private horse-and-carriage rides, evenings at gourmet restaurants only accessible by snowmobile, wine tastings and hot-air balloon rides.  

 

Luxury ski resorts in France include Courchevel and Val d'Isere, whilst in Switzerland, the villages of Verbier, Gstaad, St. Moritz, Davos and Crans-Montana attract many to their slopes each season. Austria boasts Lech, Zurs and Bad Gastein, whilst luxury ski resorts in Italy feature Cortina, Champoluc and Sestriere. Luxury ski resorts in the USA include the glamorous Aspen in Colorado, very much a celebrity favourite and the place to see and be seen, with the more accessible ski towns of Vail and its sister Beaver Creek boasting vast acres of extensive terrain and a chic and exclusive atmosphere.